Hospital Equipment and Facilities
What is an X-ray machine?
It’s used to take pictures of your bones.
What is diabetes?
A disease often caused by high sugar intake.
What is public health insurance?
Healthcare in the Czech Republic is funded mainly through this type of insurance.
What is a stethoscope?
A doctor listens to your heartbeat with this instrument.
What is pediatrics?
The medical field that treats children.
What is the emergency department?
A section of a hospital that provides immediate care for serious injuries and conditions.
What is hypertension?
High blood pressure is also called this.
What is a referral?
This document is needed to visit a specialist doctor in the Czech system.
What is a prescription?
Before prescribing medicine, a doctor writes this piece of paper.
What is cardiology?
The area of medicine focusing on the heart.
What is a ventilator?
This device helps patients breathe when they cannot do it on their own.
What is lung cancer?
This disease is linked to smoking and can affect the lungs.
What is Všeobecná zdravotní pojišťovna (VZP)?
The Czech Republic’s largest health insurance company.
What is a diagnosis?
The process of finding out what illness a patient has.
What is neurology?
The area dealing with the nervous system, including the brain.
What is an operating theatre?
A room where operations are performed.
What is depression (or anxiety)?
A mental health disorder often connected to long-term stress in modern society.
What is a regulatory fee?
This fee, formerly paid for each doctor’s visit or prescription, was cancelled in 2015.
What is surgery?
A doctor cutting into the body to treat disease or injury is performing what?
What is geriatrics?
The medical specialty focused on the care of older adults.
What is a stretcher?
The mobile bed on wheels used to transport patients.
What is atherosclerosis?
The narrowing of arteries due to fat deposits, often leading to heart attacks.
What is 155?
The network of emergency phone number for medical emergencies?
What is follow-up care?
This is the process of monitoring patients after treatment to check their progress.
What is pathology?
The area of medicine that studies the causes and effects of diseases, often using laboratory tests.